Work begins on memorial garden at Langley arboretum

Local councillors, parks staff, the South Korean consul general in Vancouver, Rotarians, RCMP, Royal Canadian Legion members, and the Arboretum Botanical Society of Langley were all at the groundbreaking for a new memorial garden on Nov. 28. (Matthew Claxton/Langley Advance Times)
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Vancouver Canucks’ Bo Horvat, front, and Elias Pettersson, of Sweden, celebrate Horvat’s goal against the Arizona Coyotes during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, on Saturday, December 3, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

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